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A murder perpetrated by Ilpo Larha, Hannu Ratia and Fred Högsten started unraveling itself and led to a final showdown unlike anything seen in Finland thus far. This is the story of the contract killing of Jollas and the Lahti siege.

This episode was researched by Ilmari Walker. Additional research by me.

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Ior Bock, an eccentric, an author and Finland’s most famous hippie was connected to two deaths before ending up a victim himself.

This episode was researched by Ilmari Walker. Additional research by me.

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In October of 1999, 16-year-old Raisa Räisänen was out with her friends celebrating a successful basketball match. She did not return home that night.

If you have any information about this case, please contact the NBI through email at [email protected] or by phone at 0295 418 622.

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On a regular Tuesday morning in September of 2008, Matti Juhani Saari was supposed to be taking an exam. Instead, he came to school with a gun.

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This case is frequently referred to as the Tampere dismemberment murders and has been described by some as two of the most heinous murders in Finnish criminal history. Please use your discretion, the episode includes graphic details and is not suitable for everyone.

This episode was researched by Ilmari Walker. Additional research by me.

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How does one go from respected and talented drug investigator to drug dealer and corrupt police officer? This is the third and final part to a three-part story. Please go back and listen to parts one and two first if you haven’t already.

Raimo Tienhaara: Finnish criminal responsible for the planning of the attack on Aarnio in 1996.

Raine Sievälä: Finnish criminal, brother of Raimo Tienhaara. Was seen on security tape footage buying two phones and was later convicted in the first part of the barrel case.

Pasila man: Nickname for the main perpetrator in the barrel case.

United Brotherhood: Gang – Keijo Vilhunen was acting as its leader at the time.

Keijo Vilhunen: Finnish criminal, former leader of United Brotherhood and one of Pasila man’s main partners in crime.

Peter-Mikael Fagerholm: Received the Loviisa barrel in 2011 as ordered by Raine Sievälä and was threatened by UB gang members during the first barrel case court proceedings.

Jykä: United Brotherhood member who was initially suspected to be the Pasila man.

Miika Kortekallio: Finnish drug lord who passed away in 2000.

Malmi woman: Mari Romano, one of the Pasila man’s contacts and his main partners in crime. Ex-girlfriend of Miika Kortekallio.

Seija Kortekallio-Lampi: Sister of Miika Kortekallio, one of the Pasila man’s contacts and his main partners in crime.

Lasse Aapio: Helsinki police force assistant manager.

Saara: Sex worker whose story led to an investigation on Aarnio and who also acted as an important witness in court.

Trevoc: Technology company.

Pasi Patama: Founder of Trevoc.

Jouni Viitanen: Founder of Trevoc.

Petri Rainiala: HPN senior officer belonging to Aarnio’s inner circle.

Ari-Pekka Koivisto: state prosecutor in charge of the investigation into HPN that started in 2007.

Mikael Runeberg: NBI investigator who later moved on to work for the HPN, belonged to Aarnio’s inner circle and acted as his right-hand man. Was also involved in the testing of the anonymizer.

Kari Kauppi: HPN investigator belonging to Aarnio’s inner circle who was involved in the testing of the anonymizer. Brought items to Aarnio in jail and called Aarnio’s wife to discuss spreading mulch on the Porvoo premises.

Riitta Leppiniemi: Jari Aarnio’s lawyer.

Heikki Tamminen: A Finnish businessman who passed away in the year 2002 and who Aarnio alleged all his unreported cash had come from.

Veiko: An Estonian man who was, according to Aarnio, close to Tamminen and delivered Aarnio the money in a secret meeting. Veiko was later tracked down and acted as a witness in court.

Jarmo Hirvonen: Prosecutor in the Aarnio case.

Mikko Männikkö: Prosecutor in the Aarnio case.

If you want to know more about this case, I highly recommend a book called Keisari Aarnio by Minna Passi and Susanna Reinboth which is also my main source of information for this multiparter. Unfortunately, the book is only available in Finnish for now. The first episode of the Empreror Aarnio TV series is out now, and my Finnish listeners can find it online at Ruutu.

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How does one go from respected and talented drug investigator to drug dealer and corrupt police officer? This is the second part to a three-part story. Please go back and listen to part one first if you haven’t already.

Miika Kortekallio: Finnish drug lord

Raimo Tienhaara: Finnish criminal responsible for the planning of the attack on Aarnio in 1996

Raine Sievälä: Finnish criminal, brother of Raimo Tienhaara. Was seen on security tape footage buying two phones linked to the barrel case.

Pasila man: Nickname for the main perpetrator in the barrel case.

United Brotherhood: Gang – Keijo Vilhunen was acting as its leader at the time.

Peter-Mikael Fagerholm: Received the Loviisa barrel in 2011 as ordered by Raine Sievälä.

Jykä: United Brotherhood member who was initially suspected to be the Pasila man

Malmi woman: Mari Romano, one of the Pasila man’s contacts

Seija Kortekallio-Lampi: Sister of Miika Kortekallio, one of the Pasila man’s contacts

Lasse Aapio: Helsinki police force assistant manager

Saara: Sex worker whose story led to an investigation on Aarnio

Susanna Reinboth: Reporter for Helsingin Sanomat and the co-author of the book Keisari Aarnio

Minna Passi: Reporter for Helsingin Sanomat and the co-author of the book Keisari Aarnio

Trevoc: Technology company

Pasi Patama: Founder of Trevoc

Jouni Viitanen: Founder of Trevoc

Instia: Company owned by the sister of Vilhunen

Petri Rainiala: Helsinki police narcotics division senior officer belonging to Aarnio’s inner circle

Ari-Pekka Koivisto: state prosecutor in charge of the investigation into HPN that started in 2007

Keijo Vilhunen: Finnish criminal, former leader of United Brotherhood

Mikael Runeberg: NBI investigator who later moved on to work for the HPN, belonged to Aarnio’s inner circle

Paul Perovuo: lawyer who helped Aarnio draft investigation requests during the first investigation into the HPN and acted as a defense lawyer in the first part of the barrel case

Pekka Anttila: reporter for Suomen Kuvalehti

If you want to know more about this case, I highly recommend a book called Keisari Aarnio by Minna Passi and Susanna Reinboth which is also my main source of information for this multiparter. Unfortunately, the book is only available in Finnish for now. 

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How does one go from respected and talented drug investigator to drug dealer and corrupt police officer? This multiparter is about Jari Aarnio and one of the most baffling cases of police misconduct in Finnish criminal history.

Torsti Koskinen: chief and founder of the Helsinki police narcotics division from 1975 to 1996

Miika Kortekallio: Finnish criminal

Ritva Santavuori: prosecutor

Raimo Tienhaara: Finnish criminal responsible for the planning of the attack on Aarnio in 1996

Petri Rainiala: Helsinki police narcotics division senior officer belonging to Aarnio’s inner circle

Ari-Pekka Koivisto: state prosecutor in charge of the investigation into HPN that started in 2007

Keijo Vilhunen: Finnish criminal

Mikael Runeberg: NBI investigator who later moved on to work for the HPN

Paul Perovuo: lawyer who helped Aarnio draft investigation requests against the NBI

Pekka Anttila: reporter for Suomen Kuvalehti

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One survived, another met a horrific end and a third vanished without a trace. This is a story of three women. The case was a listener suggestion.

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On the third of June in 2014, a real estate manager made a call to the emergency exchange after having discovered three smelling packages in a storage unit of an apartment building in Oulu. What was found in those packages shocked the whole nation. 

Please use your discretion as this episode details a case involving children and is not suitable for everyone. 

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